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Sondottia is a genus of Australian plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae, first described by Philip Sydney Short in 1989. Species Sondottia connata (W.Fitzg.) P.S.Short - Western Australia Sondottia glabrata P.S.Short - Western Australia

Allittia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. Its native range is Southeastern Australia, namely New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia. Species: Allittia cardiocarpa (Benth.) P.S.Short Allittia uliginosa (G.L.Davis) P.S.Short

Haegiela is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1990. There is only one known species, Haegiela tatei, native to South Australia, and Victoria.

Fitzwillia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1989. There is only one known species, Fitzwillia axilliflora, endemic to Western Australia.

Feldstonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1989. There is only one known species, Feldstonia nitens, endemic to Western Australia.

Apium annuum is one of the 20 species of the genus Apium of the family Apiaceae. It is an annual herb with a distribution in salt-marsh and saline habitats of Victoria, south and western Australia.

Tietkensia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1990. There is only one known species, Tietkensia corrickiae, endemic to Australia. It is found in Western Australia, South Australia, and Northern Territory.

Pembertonia latisquamea is a species of daisy (Asteraceae), native to Western Australia. It was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1878 as Brachyscome latisquamea and transferred to the genus, Pembertonia in 2004 by Philip Short. It is a climber or a shrub growing to 1.45 metres high, on white sand, red sand, silty clay and limestone, and flowers from September to October or July.

Lemooria is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, first described as a genus in 1989. There is only one known species, Lemooria burkittii, commonly known as wires-and-wool. It is endemic to Australia where it has been recorded in every mainland state, including Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria, but is absent from Tasmania.

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Dielitzia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1989 by Philip Sydney Short. There is only one known species, Dielitzia tysonii, endemic to Western Australia.

Roebuckiella is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae. It includes nine species native to Australia. Seven species are endemic to Western Australia, and two are native to New South Wales, Queensland, and Western Australia.

Pembertonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. It only contains one known species, Pembertonia latisquamea (F.Muell.) P.S.Short Its native range is Northwestern Australia. The genus name of Pembertonia is in honour of Pemberton Walcott (1834–1883), an English plant collector who settled in Western Australia and was the namesake of the city Pemberton. The Latin specific epithet of latisquamea is a portmanteau word, 'latis-' is derived from latus meaning broad and '-squamea' is derived from squama meaning scale. Both the genus and species were first

Lemooria is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, first described as a genus in 1989. There is only one known species, Lemooria burkittii, commonly known as wires-and-wool. It is endemic to Australia where it has been recorded in every mainland state, including Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria, but is absent from Tasmania.

Gnephosis drummondii is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to southern continental Australia. It is a small, erect herb with lance-shaped to narrowly elliptic leaves, compound heads of 40 to 150 yellow flowers, and purplish cypselas.

Blennospora phlegmatocarpa is a herb species in the family Asteraceae. It is found in Western Australia. It is an erect annual growing from 2 to 5 cm high, which forms dense carpets, on saline flats in sandy soils. Its yellow flowers are seen from September to October. The species was first described in 1905 as Calocephalus phlegmatocarpus by Ludwig Diels, but was assigned to the genus, Blennospora by Philip Short in 1981.

Apium insulare, Flinders Island celery, or Island celery is a herb of the Bass Strait islands, and Lord Howe Island, Australia. It is a member of the Apiaceae (carrot family). It was first described by Philip Short in 1979.

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Ptilotus eriotrichus is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a prostrate to erect or scrambling shrub with wiry stems, egg-shaped to lance-shaped stem leaves that are densely hairy on the lower surface, and white, oval, hemispherical or cylindrical spikes of flowers.

Minuria scoparia is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a small stiff, broom-like, perennial herb with white flowers, which are seen most of the year. It is endemic to Australia and found only on the north-western slopes of New South Wales.

Millotia muelleri, commonly known as the common bow-flower, is an annual herb endemic to Australia. It is widespread throughout Victoria and in a single location on the north coast of Tasmania.

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Hullsia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It only contains one species, Hullsia argillicola. It is native to Australia, mainly the states of Northern Territory and Western Australia, and it grows on heavy clay soils. Located in regions that flood frequently, such as plains, paddocks and swamps.

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Brachyscome gilesii is a flowering perennial herb in the family Asteraceae.

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Angianthus cyathifer is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, and is endemic to north-western Australia. It is an ascending or low-lying, rarely erect annual herb, with hairy linear or elliptic leaves, narrowly elliptic to elliptic compound heads of yellow flowers, and oval achenes with a cup-shaped pappus.